Donate Materials

Need to make some room on your bookshelves?

You can bring up to two boxes of materials, in good condition, to your neighborhood library and your donation will be delivered to the Friends book sorting room.

If you have more than your local branch can accept, bring your donations to 216 NE Knott St. Use the delivery driveway east (left) of the Title Wave book store and ring the buzzer. Please do not take them into Title Wave.

Donation hours are 8am - 4pm Monday through Friday.

If you are physically unable to deliver your donation, please call the Friends at 503-988-6191 to discuss the possibility of a pick up. If you are delivering a large donation of more than 15 boxes, please call us so we know when to expect you.

Materials Donation Guidelines

We accept the following:

Paperback fiction

Hardback popular fiction 2007 or newer

All classics, paperback and hardback by nominated or award-winning authors

Paper and hardback nonfiction

Books older than 1959

Travel guides 2013 or newer

CDs, DVDs, LPs, Audio Books

Sheet music, maps, and pamphlets

Children’s and Young Adult books

Comic Books and Graphic Novels

We are not able to accept:

Torn, dirty, moldy, smelly, or water-damaged books

Books with excessive writing, highlighting, or underlining

Time Life series or Reader's Digest condensed books

Computer books older than 2013

Encyclopedias older than 2011

Textbooks books older than 2012

VHS or cassette tapes

Ex-library books or books purchased from the Library's Title Wave bookstore

Cracked or scratched CDs and DVDs

Have a question about what we accept? Please call the Friends book sorting room at 503-988-6191. Your donation may be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Friends of the Library is a 501(c)3 (EIN #93-6097526).